Bill folder



March 1 1927. 3,619,543

R. H. ROLFS ET AL BILL FOLDER Filed May a. 1925 I ewe Mb! /Qdffc/Q/ (5 Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

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ROBERT E. ROLES AND HARRY J. RULES, OF WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOBS T AMITY LEATHER PRODUCTS 00., OF WEST BEND, WISCONSIN.

BILL FOLDER.

Application filed May 8, 1925. "Serial No. 28,843.

of material, and which, due to this single piece construction, has great strength and is -lesslikely to tear at the seams than the usual types of bill folders.

Further objects are to provide a bill folder which is so formed that the parts are correctly positioned and held temporarily in place while the stitching is being done, and which may be very quickly and cheaply produced in a simple and easy manner. I

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawin in which Figure 1 is a View of the tin folder laid out fiat with parts broken away to show the interior construction.

Figure 2 is a view drawn to a smaller scale showing the blank.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the bill fold is formed from a single integral blank comprising a main body portion 1, a laterally extending rectangular tongue 2, a pair of outer tongues 3 and 4, and an intermediate ton 'ue 5. The tongues 3, 4, and 5 extend at right angles to the. tongue 2, as shown in F igure 2 of the drawing. Preferably the tongues 3 and 5 are. provided with a scalloped edge, such as indicated at (5. These scalloped edges are also provided to give sufficient space to provide easy entry into the subsequently formed pockets. The flap 4 is provided with arectangular cut ut 7 adapted to receive a transparent incn'iber 8, as shown in Figure 1.

In forming the bill folder the edge 9 of the main body portion 1 is turned over along the dotted line and stitched. as indicated at 10 in Figure 1, to provide a finished edge. Thereafter, the flap 2 is folded inwardly across the flap 1,- and the flaps 3, 4 and 5 are folded over the flap 2.

It is to be noted that the edges of the flaps 3, 4, and 5 are intnrned, as indicated at 11, and are folded over the edge of the flap 2. These three flaps 3, 4 and 5, are stitched to the flap 2 by means of a line of stitching 12, but are free from the body portion 1 along this upper edge. Marginal lines of stitching 13 are provided'at the ends of the bill folder and pass through all of the layers. Similarly a bottom row of stitching 14 extends through all of the layers. The intermediate flap 5 is provided with a row of stitches 15 which extends through the flap 2. Further, the flap 4. is stitched to the transparent member 8 by means of the line of stitches 16, as shown in Figure 1. This transparent member is also caplghi beneath the lines of stitches 12, 13 an 1 It willbo seen that the bottom edge of the bill folder is recnforced by the folded flaps 3, 4 and 5 which-are positioned outside of the flap 2, and thus the line of stitching 14 is not called upon to bear the entire strain at this point. This affords a very strongconstruction and prevents easy breaking of the bill folder.

Further, it will be seen that a bill folder has been provided with a main pocket between the members 1 and 2 and auxiliary pockets between the members 3 and 5 and the member 2. Further, an additional pocket is provided for an identification card, such card being slippcd beneath the transparent member 8.

It will be seen that a very cheap construction of bill folder has been provided \vherc by such bill folder may be formed very cheaply and with all of the flaps integral. This construction aids in temporarily retaining the flaps in their correct position during the stitching operaton.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is, therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

\Ve claim:

A bill folder formed from a singleintegral blank and con'iprising a body portion, a main flap joined integrally thereto at one end and over said main flap and having their free edges folded beneath said main flap, a line of stitching joining the free edges of said In testimony that We claim the fore oing auxiliary flaps and said main flap, and lines 'we have hereunto set our hands at West end .of stitching oining said auxiliary flaps and in the county of Washington and State of w said main flap to form a plurality of pockets 'VVisconsin. '6 with their mouths opening longitudinally of the main flap, said auxiliary flaps being in- ROBERT H. ROLFS. tegral with said body portion.

HARRY J. ROLFS.

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